triegua

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Italian

Etymology

From Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰 (triggwa), inflected form of 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐍃 (triggws, true, faithful).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /triˈɛ.ɡwa/, /triˈe.ɡwa/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡwa, -eɡwa
  • Hyphenation: tri‧è‧gua, tri‧é‧gua

Noun

triegua f (plural triegue)

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of tregua
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio, Bompiani, published 2001, Canto XIV, p. 215 vv. 136-138:
      Come da lei l'udir nostro ebbe triegua, ¶ ed ecco l'altra con sì gran fracasso, ¶ che somigliò tonar che tosto segua; [...]»
      As soon as hearing had a truce from this, ¶ behold another, with so great a crash, ¶ that it resembled thunderings following fast;

References

  1. ^ triegua in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

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